Automobile hood-retaining means



May 6, 1930. c. H. E. REMdNDlNO 1,757,021

AUTOMOBILE HOOD RETAINING MEANS Filed F b. 7, 1927 INVENTOR. 0mm? HE Ezmmmvo ATTORNEY Patented May 6,1930 p UNETEDTSTATESfPATENTJQO F CHARLES H. E; REMONDINO, or sAn nIEeo, oai 'rronnm, Assisi-toner ONE-THIRD r FREDERICK w. BEN'WOBQTH AND QNE-THIRJJ TQ ARTHUR c. MCBRIDE, Born or sen:

DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE HoomRE rAmINGMEANs Applicati on iiled February,,7,'1$27.- Serial 110,156,401.

Y My invention" relates to automobile hood retaining means, andthejobjects of my'inv'ention are: first, to provide a device of this class whereby one side of an automobile hood may be secured by a single operating-means located near the center'at the outsideof each side of thehood; second, to'fprovide a device of this class whicheliminates-the necessity of getting into awkward and uncomfortable positions to secure orrelease" the hood third, to'j'provicle a device of this class wherebythe hood can be loosened and lifted orreplaced and fastened with one hand; fourth, to pro;

leased from the securing n eans; fifth, to provide a deviceof this class which onlyneeds and seventh, to provide adevice ofthis' class which is simple and economical of construction, durable, neatin appearance, efficient in riorate or get out of orderflf 1th these and other ob ects n view, as .will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and F igure 1 is a; perspectivefview of the left front portion of'an automobile, showing the; automobile. hood and portions of ad acent parts with the handle ,ofn y retaining de vice protruding fronrthe hood thereof; Fig.

2 is an enlarged fragmentaryyiew of the lower portion of the inside of an automobile. .hood witha portion of the adjacent frame,

showing my retaining device in connection therewith and with certaln parts and portions broken away and'in section to facilitate the illustration; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary trans verse sectional view thereof through 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse vide a device of this class whichautomati callyse'cures thehood'when the hand is re its action, and which-will nothreadilydetea sectional view thereof through 4+4 of Fig.

3, and Figjo is a fragmentary sectional plan view thereof through 5-5 of Fig. 8, showing 'the automob'ile hood in section with a portion of my device in plan;

Similar characters. of reference, refer to ;similarpartsand portions throughout the .severalviews of the'drawings.

The bolt keepersl, bolt keeper guides- 2,

pins 8, washers ,4, keeper springs 5,; bolts 6*" bolt spring 7 and bolt ,9, constitutethe principal-parts andportions of my automobile hood retaining means,

My device is situated on the lower portion offeach. side ofan automobile hoodH. xTwor keepcrmembers-l are provided, which extend upwardly through a portion of the automo- ;.bile 'frameFf intermediate the ends offthe lower portion of each side ofthe automobile hood. Each keeper'is provided on the poi .tion below and adjacent toftheframe F with guide members 8 and guides-membersQ, whicharesecured: to the an up and down movement of the keeper in relation to,;the frame; Near the lower ef;

treinity.ofthelreepr is a pin 3,which re-- jfranie byrneans of screws 2 and; permit only tions ofthe keepers 1, which are just behind the lower portion and intermediate ,the front and rear endsof the hood, are each provided with eye portions 1 whiehhave a beveled in- :ner portionl as shown best in Figs. 2 and of the drawings; 'Two l'at ch bolts 6 are provided, which are comparatively long, flat pieces of inetalfwhich extend froinnearthe center ofthe hood to each keeper 1. At'the outer end of each, bolt is a beveled portion 6' eye I, The otherend or central portion ,of

each bolt member 6 is bent outwardly and .adaptedfto lit in. the keeper eye 1 The'beveledportion acts asan inclined'plane and lifts the keeper l 'jas the bolt slides into the v of the eye portion 1 when the two members 6 is another small lug tions 6 of each bolt extend toward each -other vand serve asretainers tokeep the-spring 7 in place. The spring 7 tendsito hold the boltsin their secured position in the eye 1 of the keeper 1. Each bolt member is alsoprovided with a guide member 8.:nearthe Jhandle por-..

tion and a guidemember 9 near the beveled portion 6 These :guide members 8-and 9i aresecured to the hood H byjmeans of screws 8*: and 9?, respectively. Each bolt member 6 1. To open is-bent slightly outwardly from the head at "6, thereby placing the beveled end portion 6 in alinement with the eye 1 of the keeper members *1" .are gripped? by the hand and squeezed together, therebyfcausing the'bolt 6 to assumethe position shownby' the dotted lines'in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The hood is thn raised by the samehand. To close the hood, "the operations are reversedi thehandlesi 6 are gripped and squeezed together byfthe'hancL-the hood is'brought down to place :so'that the ends of the bolti-6- are in alinement with the eyes 1 of the keeper, and the handle is released. The? bev'eledportions bof'th e bolts 6 are, forced into theeye portions'l of the keepers 1 by the. action of the spring 7 ti0n.' Y

' ticular construction, combination and :ar

= ment substantially as set wish to belimited to this particularconstructlon, combinationand arrangement, but desire to include in the scopebfiny invention,

the construction, combination and arrangeforth in the ap: pended claims. p

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim as newanddesireto secure'by Letters Patent is 1. In a device eras class described, the

combination withthe hoodrandl frame mem- 'b-er of anautomobile of a horizontal latch member having a beveled end portionslid- .ably mounted on the inner side of said hood,

' ,a' lug member rigidly secured .to said latch niemberand adapted to extend through said.

,hood and operate said latclrmember, and a I substantially vertically extending resiliently 1 restrained keeperf-connect'ed to said frameand adapted t be-engaged-by said beveled .portionand raised over said latch-member V Iforsecuringsaid hood relative to;said;, frame.

\ 2.; Ina device otthe class described, the

i combination :with the hoodv and frame memiben out .anautomobilai-Ot, a horizontal {latch mammal-e a,beveled-lend,portion slidj portion, whichis a' con tinuance of the bolt member The lug porthe hood H, the lug'or handle keeper; and a V v bent ;;outwardly through said hood 7 and adapted to serve asj an operating means for: 1 I '.-,Sil|l(:l. latch, and resilient-means operative'ly Though I'have shown and descr bed a par The hood is thus secured in posi-' a lugmemberf rigidly secured to said latch member and adapted to extend through said hood and operate said latch member, and a vertically mounted resiliently restrained keeper extending through a portion ofsaid frame to thebac-k inner side of said hood and adapted to be engaged by said beveled end with saidjlatchemember. H

3. In :a device of the; class described, the combination with the hood and frame mem- Lber ofanxautomobile, of ahorizontal latch member having a beveled'end portion slidablymounted on the inner side of said hood,

mounted ionsaid frame and adapted 'to engage saidlatch member beveled end portion member having a beveled end portion 'slid-' ably mounted on the inside of said hood and adapted toengage said beveled portion and be raised into, interlocking relationwith said connected: to saidilatc'hes' adaptedto force v Ssaidlatchto aninterlocking position with .rangement of vparts and port ons, I do not saidkeeper.

5.'In a "device. of theclass described, the

a pair-"o1": horizontal latch members having beveled end portions adapted to engage and raise said keepers Tin interlocking relation with said latch members, sa d, latch .mem

"Po on endm nt n r-lock ng ati i r .a -lug member rigidly:secured to said latch 1 member and;adaptedtojextend through said hood andop'erate said latch member, and a. I resiliently .restrained keeper reciprocally wportion ofsaidlat'ch member hers I cbeing nprovided with ,lug, portions adapted to extend'jthroi'igh" said hood and.

form a handle-forsaid latch members, said lugs of said handle being mutually,approachable and adapted to operate said latchcmemhers, and resilient means connected with said latch members; adapted ;t o1j force said .latch members in. an 1 interlocking position with saidkeepermembers.

In .te'stimo' y whereof, ,I. have hereunto set ..my handfa't. San Diego, alifornia, this 29th day of January, 1927.

CHARLES E..REMQNDINO.; 

